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Tomatrule (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago by BlueFairyPainter@feddit.de to c/196

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

"Vegetables" makes no sense.

Tomatoes, grapes, apples, cucumber, pumpkin, eggplant, mushrooms, all fruits.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

I was with you until mushrooms, those ain't even plants

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

We are talking about "fruits" here which isnt even a term used to describe plants. Maybe in english, not in german.

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

mushrooms are not fruits in any sense. Fruiting body is applied colloquially however since spores are not fruits this is also incorrect.

However much like with calling a tomato a fruit, it's perfectly clear to call the penis loo lookin' thing a fruiting body and only derranged pedants are bothered by it.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Fruits are a specific part of the plant, the seed-bearing part (pods and ferns are the exceptions, I guess). Veggies are the rest of the plant. Mushrooms are fungi's and all, don't get me wrong, but they're not plants